Former Plymouth Police Sgt. Convicted Of Using Excessive Force

CBS Boston
Feb. 25, 2014

PLYMOUTH (CBS) — A former Plymouth police sergeant was convicted Wednesday of using excessive force on a man he was arresting and then falsifying the police report to cover it up.

After three hours of deliberation, a jury convicted Shawn Coughlin, 47, of deprivation of constitutional rights under color of law and falsifying a record to impede a federal investigation.

Coughlin was found guilty of striking an arrestee in the head and kneeing him in the body while he was in a holding cell with his hands handcuffed behind his back, in November 2011.



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